Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Story-line:
In this next chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga, Thomas (Dylan
O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet:
searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known
as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape
filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters,
the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its
shocking plans for them all. Written by
20th Century Fox
Director: Wes Ball
Writers: T.S. Nowlin (screenplay), James Dashner (novel)
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
I am an ardent science fiction fan and really enjoy movies set in a dystopian society, but certainly not this one. Nowhere near as gripping as Mad Max Fury Road, no pulling of the heart strings such as in The Hunger Games and no plot surprises such as in Ender's Game.
There are some good actors in the movie and I feel sorry for them. Poor Aidan Gillen - from GOT to this. The silk purses and sows ear proverb come to mind as I do not think it was possible to redeem this movie no matter how good the acting could have been.
You can pick the plot from only a few minutes into the film , so no surprises there. The jerky POV action scenes makes them unwatchable and that was, in some ways, a relief from the tedium of the rest of the movie. Go. watch it for yourself: it will at least make all the other awful films you have seen look better by comparison.
Director: Wes Ball
Writers: T.S. Nowlin (screenplay), James Dashner (novel)
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Reviews:
I'm almost at a loss for words. I stayed the whole way through the movie thinking "it can only get better from here" and I was wrong.I am an ardent science fiction fan and really enjoy movies set in a dystopian society, but certainly not this one. Nowhere near as gripping as Mad Max Fury Road, no pulling of the heart strings such as in The Hunger Games and no plot surprises such as in Ender's Game.
There are some good actors in the movie and I feel sorry for them. Poor Aidan Gillen - from GOT to this. The silk purses and sows ear proverb come to mind as I do not think it was possible to redeem this movie no matter how good the acting could have been.
You can pick the plot from only a few minutes into the film , so no surprises there. The jerky POV action scenes makes them unwatchable and that was, in some ways, a relief from the tedium of the rest of the movie. Go. watch it for yourself: it will at least make all the other awful films you have seen look better by comparison.
